Android: Whether you want a music player that's just fun and easy to use, or you want one that gives you control over how your music sounds when you play it, FlipBeats is a new Android player that's worth a look.

FlipBeats tries to cater to two different audiences. The first wants a fun, visual, and gesture-powered music player that features big, beautiful album art, tiled selections for albums, artists, and songs, persistent playback controls in the notifications pane, and music visualizers that are fun to look at while you listen. The second wants precise EQ controls and presets that tweak the music to create a listening experience unique to your tastes, or best for your environment, device, or audio gear. All in all, it does a pretty good job for both groups.

It's certainly not as feature packed as some of the other players we've mentioned in the past for Android, especially those that can play music from cloud services like Dropbox or Google Drive. FlipBeats plays locally stored music only, and doesn't give you the option to select music location—it just scans for music files for you. Still, it looks great, it's fun to use, and the level of control you get over EQ options in the advanced settings and preset choices in the basic settings are fun to tweak and play with.

FlipBeats is $2 at Google Play—you can download and try it for free for 20 days, after which you'll get nagged to pay for the full version. Right now, the developer is selling it for half-off, so if you like it, it's a buck.